CEO of Roya Media Group, Eng. Fares Sayegh
Roya marks 15 years as CEO reflects on resilience, independence
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- CEO: “Roya is not a simple success story. It is a journey of difficult decisions, belief in talent, and principles that were never open to compromise.”
Roya Media Group CEO Eng. Fares Sayegh marked the fifteenth anniversary of Roya TV with a reflective message highlighting the challenges, choices, and values that shaped the organization’s growth.
“Fifteen years ago, we did not even know if this project would survive,” Sayegh wrote. “All we knew was that we had to try.”
He stressed that Roya’s path was never an easy success story, but rather “a journey of difficult decisions, belief in talent, and principles that were never open to compromise.”
Built by people, sustained by trust
Sayegh emphasized that Roya was never the result of individual effort. Instead, it was built by people who believed in the idea, stayed when continuing became difficult, worked under pressure, made mistakes, learned, and kept moving forward.
He credited the audience for trusting Roya with their time, partners and clients for renewing their confidence year after year, and family and friends for their support during the most demanding phases, when the burden was heavy and the cost deeply personal.
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Growth despite limits and pressure
According to Sayegh, the achievements of the past 15 years were unexpected, especially given limited financial resources, a challenging operating environment, and the pressures that came with choosing independence and credibility over easier options.
Despite this, Roya advanced steadily until its content crossed borders, platforms, and languages, reaching billions of views. He said this confirmed that the Jordanian voice can reach the world without sacrificing identity or values.
Sayegh noted that success did not come from an easy road, but was achieved despite repeated obstacles and attempts to slow, exclude, or undermine the project. These pressures, he said, ranged from political to economic and institutional.
The decisive factor, he added, was persistence and refusing to stop, even when stopping would have been the easier choice.
Investing early in young talent
Roya believed in young talent before it became a common or a safe choice, Sayegh said. The organization created real space for experimentation, learning, and growth, and built an institutional culture grounded in research, analysis, data, and listening rather than assumptions or ego.
Over time, Roya became a launchpad for young professionals who began their careers there and went on to succeed and lead across the region and beyond.
A progressive media approach by design
Sayegh described Roya’s evolution into a progressive media model as intentional, driven by constant innovation, experimentation, and the development of tools and methods.
This approach helped reset expectations in the region and establish new standards, placing Roya in a recognized leadership position regionally and internationally.
Responsibility at the core
With expansion came responsibility, Sayegh said, a responsibility Roya chose to carry.
Jordan, he stressed, remains at the heart of the group’s priorities, its people, stability, and future, under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah II and the pivotal role of the Hashemite Family in promoting stability, moderation, and defending the causes of the nation.
He added that Roya will continue working to create positive impact across social, political, economic, and human rights issues out of conviction, not convenience.
Firm stance on Palestine
Sayegh reaffirmed Roya’s unwavering support for Palestine, pledging to continue confronting apartheid policies and genocidal crimes committed by the Zionist entity through principled and responsible journalism.
He also underscored the historical role of the United Kingdom beginning with the Balfour Declaration and the ongoing role of the United States in enabling injustice.
“Silence in the face of injustice is not neutrality,” he wrote. “It is complicity, and it has never been, nor will it ever be, our choice.”
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From channel to media group
A major turning point came in 2021, when Roya transitioned from a television channel into a full media group.
Since then, expansion accelerated through the launch of new platforms, investment in talent, entry into new fields, and difficult strategic decisions that laid the foundation for a more mature phase.
Looking ahead
The CEO noted that the Sayegh family carried the risk of this project at a time when it was very real, supporting it with patience, trust, and long-term commitment. Without that support, he said, the journey would not have been possible.
By 2025, Roya reached its highest level of achievement, not because challenges faded, but because the organizational structure grew stronger, the team more capable, and opportunities more realistic and scalable.
He concluded that these foundations set the stage for a strong year ahead and a new chapter extending into the next 15 years, with greater readiness to launch, build, and make an impact.
